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without your hat on, put your hat on, maggie vespa, in that piece. got love to the taco kid. >> reporter: i didn't have one. that's how fast it hit. >> i love food. i love food. maggie vespa, thank you, appreciate it. that does it for me this hour, everybody. ana cabrera will be back tomorrow. you can catch me on the weekends on msnbc starting at 2:00 p.m. eastern. jose diaz-balart picks up our coverage right now. and good morning. it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific, i'm jose diaz-balart. right now, evacuations from gaza for the first time, hundreds of civilians including americans cross the border into egypt. we'll talk with an aid worker on the ground. it comes as israel defends itself after world leaders condemn a strike that reportedly killed dozens and injured hundreds. back at home, it could be a big day at former president donald trump's civil fraud trial in new york city. his son don jr. expected to take the stand. on capitol hill, the house goes back into session, just an hour from now, with a package as

it clashes with the white house on funding israel. a rare bipartisan bill that tackles part of the humanitarian crisis at the border, how it would help those most vulnerable. children, who made the journey alone. and we begin this hour with a major diplomatic breakthrough. for first time since the israel-hamas war began, some foreign nationals have finally been able to flee gaza through the egyptian border. the u.s. official told nbc news that among those that crossed was a handful of americans, adding that more are expected to leave tomorrow. in just the last few hours, ambulances carrying injured people were seen crossing into egypt. and about 1,000 people still need to be urgently evacuated for medical care, according to the hamas-led palestinian ministry of health. meanwhile, in northern gaza,

hamas accuses israeli forces of another strike on a densely populated refugee camp. the second in less than 24 hours. the idf has not responded to a request for comment, but here you can see some of the devastating aftermath from tuesday's strike as crowds surveyed the damage and others dig through the rubble for survivors. the israeli military said it killed a senior hamas leader as well as a large number of terrorists. joining us now, nbc news foreign correspondent meagan fitzgerald in cairo, egypt, and nbc news correspondent jay gray live in tel aviv, israel. what is the significance of this breakthrough at the egyptian border? >> reporter: yeah, jose this is incredibly significant. this is what we have seen secretary of state blinken trying to push for the last several weeks now. he said he and his team have been working around the clock, their main focus is trying to secure the safe passage of americans, hundreds of americans that are trapped in gaza. we're seeing most certainly what

appears to be a glimmer of hope today, where according to the state department under ten americans will be making their way across the rafah border crossing and into egypt. then on to america. and just within the last couple of minutes, i have to share with you, that 71-year-old woman, we have been in contact with her family, they tell us that she was able to make it out of gaza and she's now safely into egypt. this is a woman who went to gaza, she is a humanitarian aid worker, she is a prosthetics expert, and she was there trying to give limbs to the kids who needed it and ended up getting stuck. she was describing as we have been talking about just these horrific situations that she was under. how diseases were starting to set in, and this woman is able to make it out in the nick of time, but there are still hundreds of other americans inside gaza. the state department is confirming to us that tomorrow we can expect to see more americans. so certainly a slow moving process, but progress nonetheless. >> so, how did this deal come to

be? who was at the negotiating table? >> yeah, that's a good question. in fact, we have new reporting for you, this is according to a high ranking qatari official who tells us this was an agreement between egypt, hamas and israel and has been mediated by qatar in coordination by the u.s. so this is ongoing negotiations that have been happening to get to this moment. incredibly significant, but important to note that this is specifically for the americans that are trapped inside. this is different from the humanitarian aid that is going in. these negotiations are different stopped. this is very unique and specific to the americans that are stuck inside that the u.s. is trying to get home safely and quickly, jose. >> jay, meanwhile, what are we learning about the strike at the what is called the refugee camp in northern gaza? >> reporter: yeah.

well, jose, what we are hearing from the idf is the idea that they were targeting what they called terror cells in that area, as well as one of the primary leaders and architects of the october 7th attack during those air strikes. we know there have been several air strikes in that area and one that they say did strike that refugee camp. dozens killed, we are told, by the idf. they're acknowledging that, saying that was not their target, but blaming hamas for the idea that they hide underneath the ground in these areas where civilians live. and that's what they say they were doing, targeting an area under ground, with hamas leadership and saying that they were successful in that attack. i must say that hamas responded saying that that leader has not been killed, but to this point, neither side provided any solid evidence. >> and, jay, the israeli military is saying that it

arrested dozens of what they call suspected terrorists in the west bank? >> reporter: yeah, absolutely. they say that there is a growing concern about that situation. they say that they have gone in and found several of what they call terrorists in that region and made arrests and they're concerned about the growing problems in the west bank and how things will proceed there. we know that there are a lot of people in the west bank, on both sides of this war, who are very concerned, very nervous and some who have started to arm themselves, jose. that's definitely a flashpoint that we need to continue to watch. >> and indeed we will. meagan fitzgerald and jay gray, thank you very much. joining us from cairo, egypt, michael caponi of the global empowerment mission, an aid organization providing relief supplies to those affected by the israel-hamas war. good to see you. what is your organization seeing on the ground there? >> well, we have been responding

to both crises, actually, since the very beginning. so we have teams on the israel side that are working, sending aid from miami on a constant basis, and then we have had teams on the egyptian side. i'm on the egyptian side right now. we have set up a lot of infrastructure, warehouses, warehouses starting to fill up now. and basically we have been waiting for approvals and this is all, you know, very good news now. we have been in constant meetings with government, egyptian government, u.n. agencies, clusters. we got the basic agreements of how to do this, and how it needs to be palletized to get through the border. i think that is going to be a large influx starting to come into gaza through the rafah gate very soon. >> michael, what kind of aid are you able to get prepared and what is the big challenge in

getting that aid into and i know you were just talking about the agreements, et cetera, what kind of aid are you able to provide? >> yes, so we're really focused on shelter goods for women, children, you know, people in the shelters. we have partners on the ground in gaza that have been operating out of there for years and years. they're extremely trusted. they're actually a 5013c from the united states. in previous years they have been bringing a lot of supplies in through the israel side, right? they have the relationships with all three sides and a good mechanism. so, we're confident that once we can get the truck from the basic egyptian warehouse across the border to the rafah gate that our partners are going to be able to properly distribute this. this is limited to literally bare essentials, food, hygiene kits, at some point we're going to be importing large amounts of

medical supplies. but right now this is just literally, you know, ready to eat foods and water. >> and, michael, i know that after the hamas massacre in israel on the 7th of october, your organization set up a base outside tel aviv to deliver aid. what kind of aid have you been providing the israelis? >> yes, so that's a much easier, you know, system, of course, because we have a whole warehouse the size of costco in florida. and there we can just pull things off the racks, we're working with six different synagogues throughout florida. they're collecting supplies through all the state of florida. and we're putting those on cargo planes. we have been able to set four cargo planes already to israel, we're committed to sending 50 containers of aid. we have been also working with governor desantis when we had all the flights coming into tampa, we were getting cash

relief to the people that were evacuating into the state of florida. so we have many different things going on, simultaneously. very diversified, you know, challenge right now that we have never been in the situation. but, you know, international aid organization we have to help all human beings. >> yeah, multifaceted indeed. i know your organization is also working to provide relief to those impacted by hurricane otis in mexico. what does that look like? >> that's horrendous situation also. it is just -- catastrophes going on around the planet right now are not very good. you're talking about 2 million people that are displaced right now. we have a whole team on the ground. we have a huge distribution today with hundreds of people lined up. the needs are gigantic. the whole entire city is basically completely shut down. pretty serious situation over there too. so, and then, you know, on top of that, we're still responding to the ukraine crisis every day and morocco and just so many

things going on on the planet. >> michael, it is based all in south florida. you're getting help from the people of florida. and elsewhere. >> that's incredible. south florida has always been, you know, one of the most helping communities i've ever seen in my life. i name a disaster, hurricane irma or hurricane dorian, everybody, you know, just comes together. it is an incredible community. we have 60,000 square foot warehouse in doral. we have to rent an additional 70,000 square foot warehouse in doral also just to be able to basically handle this crisis. >> and how can we continue to help, michael? >> the best way to help at this point is funding. sometimes, believe it or not, supplies are great. it is actually cheaper to buy things in country, even in israel right now. there is still things that could be purchased. so, we have made two different

campaigns due to the nature of the situation. so we have an israel fund, and then we have a palestinian fund. and it is on our israel-hamas war page. you can just pick your campaign, or both, and it is global empowerment mission.org. and it is important. we have a lot of support because this is a monumental undertaking. you know, and it is, like, you know this, it is not just gaza that is in major need right now. israel is being evacuated every day. there is people from the north, from the south, and they have nowhere to go. there is people hiding underground now in shelters. we have to support those shelters with food, blankets, bedding, it is a lot to handle this. so we really need the world's support. >> michael, thank you for being with us this morning on msnbc. appreciate it. >> thank you so much. up next, former president donald trump's civil fraud trial is now a family affair. what we could be hearing as don

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14 past the hour. donald trump jr. expected to take the stand, maybe as soon as today on day 21 of the $250 millioniv fraud trial in new york city. this will be the first time we hear from one of trump's children in this case. both eric and ivanka also expected to testify in the next couple of days. trump himself is expected to take the stand on monday. trump and his two older sons are defendants in the case, while ivanka was dropped from the case with the claims against her being too old. joining us now, nbc's lindsey reiser, outside the courthouse and joyce vance, former u.s. attorney and nbc news legal analyst. lindsey, what do we expect today? >> reporter: jose, good to be with you. so, we are still anticipating the likelihood of don jr. being

called to the stand today. it is possible that could be pushed to tomorrow, given the fact that we still have to hear from a witness on the stand right now who was just called this is the state's only expert witness. essentially an expert on discouragement, the amount of money gained due to an illegal activity. the judge in this case has already found trump and his co-defendants liable for fraud. this witness is expected to testify to the damages. now, remember letitia james' office is asking for $250 million in damages here, accusing trump and the organization of inflating their assets to gain better terms on loans, for instance. once we do hear from don jr., when he's called up to the stand, this will be the first family member that we will hear from in this case. of course, don jr., eric, ivanka and trump all expected to testify in the next few days. these are the state's last witnesses. and, don jr. is expected to testify in his role as executive vice president of the trump organization.

and testify to the statements of financial condition that he signed off on, starting when his father became president. now, these are the documents that will be presented to banks for loans that the ag's office says contain overvaluations. we can hear don jr. probably asked a lot of questions about the park avenue building in manhattan, that was valued at $292 million at the ag's office says was roughly six times the appraised value. we can hear likely don jr. in his defense probably pushing the blame off to other people in the trump organization, saying that i was relying on information from the accountants, and that is what some of what we heard in his taped depositions, including when asked what gaap is, general accepted accounting principles, he said that he only knew what he learned in accounting 101 at wharton, laughing saying he only knew they were generally accepted. and we know in his deposition also he said he never had to ly on gaap in his work office

we'll hear from eric after that. ande will likely testify to his role as being responsible for all aspects of management and operation at the trump organization, including project acquisition development and construction. that's according to ag's office. then, of course, you see the calendar of events from the former president, we'll hear from him. he has taken the stand once in his case in dealing with the partial gag order which you couldn't say anything about the judge's staff members. he has been fined twice thus far for violating that to the tune of $15,000. and then we could hear from ivanka on november 8th and that is it for the state's witnesses, jose. >> and so, joyce, and lindsey commented on the fact that the judge already found that trump committed repeated acts of fraud for years including lying on his financial statements. why is it important for the ag's office to hear from trump and his family? >> right. so, for two purposes. one, of course, is lindsey discussed is deciding how much

profit the trump organization will have to discourage. this is a lawsuit designed to prevent companies in new york from engaging in unfair business practices. the attorney general is entitled to obtain damages from them in an amount that reflects their ill gotten gains. there are also six individual charges that the judge didn't rule on in advance of trial, they involve the filing of false statements, and because this is a civil case, not a criminal case, theorney general is entitled to put these witnesses on the stand. they can, of cose take the fifth amendment if they believe their answers might incriminate them in a subsequent criminal matter, and the judge, because this is a civil case, is entitled to take that into account and draw adverse inferences from any failure to answer questions. >> judge engoron said issuing a fine against trump is, quote, clearly an available remedy in the case.

how might the judge be evaluating whether to issue a fine or not? >> so, what judges can do in this situation is they can advance accelerating fines. it is a little bit like being a parent, you don't jump straight to the most exorbitant punishment, you try to moderate somebody's behavior with excessive impositions of fines. it seems unlikely trump will moderate his behavior following these de minimis sorts of fines imposed so far and the judge is certainly prepared to accelerate, certainly with additional fines, perhaps with other action. there could be a contempt finding or an extreme case, co-order trump imprisoned. i think in essence trump owns the keys to his own cell here in the sense that as long as he behaves and follows the gag order, which is very limited in its scope, the judge won't take any further action. >> and, i want to turn to the

special counsel's documents investigation. abc news reporting that trump visited a secured facility tuesday to review classified evidence shared by jack smith's team. what will this process be for trump and his lawyers? >> right. so this is in a sense routine for people who are used to handling classified documents. they can only be viewed in secure environments, in litigation like this, typically the defense team and the defendant himself are given access to a skiff, a secured communication facility, that can't be hijacked electronically from the outside. so trump and his lawyers can go into this facility, they can review documents, they can use stand alone computers there to prepare any motions that they wish to file with the court. it is a minor inconvenience, but a small price to pay for the security of the united states, which is, of course, what is at issue in this trial. >> lindsey reiser and joyce

vance, thank you, both, so much for being with us this morning. up next, we're gearing up for a heated battle over aid to israel and ukraine on capitol hill. when the house floor happens a half now from now. plus, brand-new polling will tell you what republicans in iowa say is their number one concern. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc.

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26 past the hour. congress is bracing for a showdown over aid for israel this afternoon. the house rules committee is set to hold a hearing on a $14 billion stand alone aid package unveiled by new speaker mike johnson. the measure would be paid for by cutting irs funds. president biden has requested $105 billion package that included support for ukraine as well. this looming fight happening as congress only has 16 days left to pass a new spending bill before government funding runs out. joining us now, nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali. good morning. the white house already warning the president would veto a stand alone bill. it is unlikely to pass the senate. >> reporter: just when we thought things might be slowing down in congress, they have elected a speaker, that is not the case. they have a very lengthy to do list ahead of them and a lot of it is on a deadline. you're right to mention that government funding is coming on

the 17th. i think that's one of the secondary concerns here because we knew that as the house lacked a speaker, it meant they were unable to move forward on that critical aid to israel. that, of course, is a conversation, if you ask democrats, most senators and the white house, that's a conversation that has to be had part and parcel along with ukraine aid. but the reality within the republican conference are such that the newly minted speaker is moving forward just on israel aid alone. that's to the tune of more than $14 billion. we'll watch that go through the rules committee today. and that means it could come to the house floor as early as tomorrow. but this is really just the opening overture here because as you mentioned, senate majority leader chuck schumer said to me and others yesterday, he said this was not a serious proposal, which is another way of saying it is dead on arrival in the senate. they have their own plans, which include doing what the white house wants to do, and what top white house officials were up here defending yesterday, which is pairing that $14 billion in

israel aid along with ukrain aid and other border provisions. for some, that's not enough. but it is not something that house republicans are too keen on, which is why we're seeing this very early split. >> and so, ali, just the fact that the cr runs out on the 17th of this month, and that would mean a government shutdown if on the 17th there is no agreement, it takes them forever to do anything, and most of the time it takes them forever not to do anything, how is there, like, talk of a cr part two? >> that is definitely one of the possibilities here. because as they're dealing with the question of aid and how to send it and when, they're also trying to come together on the 12 individual appropriations or spending bills, those are pretty lengthy conversations, though. a lot of opinions go into what that number should be for each committee. of course, you got a lot of budget hawks who have power right now within the house republican conference. that means the process is even

lengthier. it takes them forever to do everything, but deadlines have a special kind of magic here in the house. that being said, if they don't meet the 17th deadline, it does likely mean a continuing resolution, that's something the speaker planned for, by the way, jose. he floated the idea of a january or april cr which means the holidays would be safe at least in the short-term. >> and, ali, finally, the house may also take the extraordinary move of taking a vote to expel embattled new york congressman george santos as soon as today? >> reporter: yes, as soon as today we could see movement on the question of expelling george santos. but then also two censure resolutions put forward last week before the house left town. those, of course, against rashida tlaib, a democrat, and marjorie taylor greene, a republican. as far as santos goes, there is going to be likely an expulsion resolution that is directly voted on tonight, expect to see a lot of procedural motions, though, to dismiss that. that's because republicans have tried to slow walk this, largely because their margins are already so thin, they can't really afford to lose one more

member, especially not in a district that is so likely to flip to blue in the coming election cycle. the other thing here that is very much up for consideration is the fact that the ethics committee, which has had an ongoing probe of santos since february said they were going to have something to announce on next steps by or before november 17th. that could be enough to make folks wait just a little bit, not expelling him now, but waiting to see what the ethics folks do. >> november 17th, the day the money runs out. ali vitali, thank you so much. great seeing you. meanwhile, in one week nbc news will host a third republican presidential primary debate in miami. this morning a new poll shed some light on what republicans in iowa consider the key issues this election cycle. according to a poll conducted by nbc news, the des moines register and mediacom, the economy and inflation are top of mind for likely iowa republican caucusgoers.

81%, they say the issue is extremely important to them, a similar number, 80%, said that immigration and border security are extremely important as well. with us now, ana nawaz of pbs news hour and msnbc contributor. great seeing you. on the other end of the spectrum, iowa republicans are less concerned, according to this poll, with renewable energy, climate change, covid vaccinations. what picture does this paint about republican priorities in iowa? >> i'm not hearing you. i think you may be muted. >> i apologize. i'm with you now. >> not at all. great to hear you. >> tough, even at this time. i was really surprised to see immigration and border security quite so high for iowa republicans at this stage, but it says to me a couple of things are true. one, we are not the country we were a year ago, certainly when

issues like covid vaccinations and those kinds of things were much higher on people's priority list. secondly, that americans are increasingly realizing immigration is not just an issue for border states and border communities as you and i well know. a lot of the arriving populations end up moving into a lot of other communities in the country, they don't stay in the border areas. but, thirdly, that this is an issue republicans have been consistently messaging on because it remains a real concern and absolute challenge for the biden administration. we have to remind folks, this year, according to government numbers is now the second year those border crossings will top 2 million. that is an absolute challenge. and despite the biden administration's attempt to open up legal pathways and try to allow for more as they say fair and orderly and humane immigration systems, the challenges exist. and they exist outside of their control. so those numbers continue to go up because of a number of

factors, changing demographics, global migration patterns. and because our government has not figured out a way to do it because as we always say, we have not seen meaningful immigration reform in over 30 years in this country, it remains a challenge, it remains a concern, republicans are messaging on it, constantly visiting the border, and that's resonating within those caucusgoers and early voters now. we're seeing that rise as a concern issue for them. >> and focusing in on more of the politics of it, 94% of respondents said the israel-hamas war was extremely important or important, but the poll also found that voters think trump and former u.n. ambassador nikki haley are the strongest candidates to handle at issue with trump in the lead followed by third place desantis, 13 points behind haley. is desantis lack of foreign policy credentials hurting him in iowa? >> this is fascinating to see in iowa is the rise of nikki haley.

as we have seen foreign crises mounting, the war in ukraine continuing to go on longer and now of course this new war, now almost a month in, between israel and hamas, you have seen someone who has the foreign credentials, right? as the former u.n. ambassador, nikki haley there, start to rise in the ranks and now essentially be tied with ron desantis in iowa. that, of course, coincides with what we can only describe as sort of the slow decline in places, a bit of an implosion of the desantis campaign outside of iowa even. but to see nikki haley step up into that space, as now the clear second place in iowa, i think it is interesting to see and also to see this one particular conflict, this war between israel and hamas register much higher for republican voters. that is actually in line with what we see with republicans across the country and it is reflected, i think, we see in the tensions on capitol hill.

republicans losing support, declining support to continue to funding the war in ukraine, but there is clear consensus and clear bipartisan issue here when it comes to supporting israel and their war against hamas. >> and president biden is departing soon for minnesota, which is the home state of his newly announced primary challenger congressman dean phillips. do you think there is any coincidence there? what do you think he's hoping to accomplish with this trip? >> the biden administration made clear they're going to continue to message on the issues that they know are of importance to american voters. you saw that in the iowa poll there. the economy continues to be the number one issue, we should expect the president to message very strongly on that as well. and that, again, is a cross party identification here. the interesting thing on the economy, of course, is that we have seen so much improvement under the biden administration. inflation has been ticking down. unemployment is at historic lows but there is a gap between the way people perceive what is happening in the economy and the

data as it is showing up in their lives. we can expect them to continue to message on that. as for the dean phillips factor, we have to wait and see how the voters view him and his candidacy. >> indeed. amna, i want to reaffirm how fortunate i feel personally and professionally even more so to be able to count on your voice. it is always great to see you. i thank you, amna. >> always a pleasure. i'll figure out my mute button better next time. >> you and me both. can never figure that one out. thanks. turning back to the $250 million civil fraud trial the former president trump, where donald trump jr. is expected to testify today. the trial on its morning break. so that means we can speak with msnbc legal analyst lisa rubin who has been inside the courtroom all morning. what has been going on? >> reporter: jose this morning we have been hearing from a guy named michael mcccartney, who sn investment banker, but made his living as an expert witness.

he's the sole expert witness being offered by the new york attorney general's office. he's their answer to what trump's defense, the so what defense, i would call it. trump has maintained that irrespective of whether or not his statements of financial condition contained falsities, it didn't matter because the banks still would have loaned him money at the same rates they would have made back all of their money and nobody was injured. mccartney got on the stand today to explain if trump had been honest about his assets and liabilities, actually any reasonable bank would have charged him much higher interest and as a result, the lenders to trump lost hundreds of millions of dollars. mccartney talked about three properties and the corresponding loans in particular. and showed how he calculated the tens of millions of dollars that the lenders lost in each one and profits they would have made had the interest rates been appropriately calibrated. >> how do you become an expert witness in the judicial system?

>> reporter: well, you have to be qualified as an expert witness and that's just -- that's not just about where you were educated or what you did for a living. you have to be judicially qualified and show that you are an expert in the things that you will opine on in a courtroom. so, we went through mccartney's credentials, starting from his educational backbackground, an from wharton what trump was educated. all through his history as an investment banker and loan officer to today, when he's the chairman and ceo of a company called mm dillon. at that point the attorney general's office asked that he be judicially qualified as a witness. over the objections of the defense. he was indeed. >> lisa rubin in new york city. thank you so very much. great seeing you. up next, the grim warning from the head of the fbi about the threat of a terrorist attack here at home. of a terrorist atk here at home

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42 past the hour. as the war between hamas and israel rages on, the fbi is warning of increased terrorist threats here at home. christopher wray testified in front of the senate raising concerns about an escalation of violence among jewish and muslim people. >> it raised the threat of attacks against americans in the united states to a whole other level. it is a time to be concerned, we are in a dangerous period.

>> meantime, yesterday, authorities brought federal charges against a 21-year-old at cornell university, accused of threatening jewish students. tom winter joins us this morning. tom, what more do we know about this guy? >> reporter: right, he was picked up yesterday, taken into custody and questioned and the fbi and the joint terrorism task force searched his apartment, according to the charging documents, this individual who we just received a mug shot photo of, jason dai, age 21, junior at cornell university, according to fbi complaint, apparently authorities were able to find his threatening posts, which were very much discussed over the weekend and into the early part of this week and certainly disturbed the jewish community and the community at large at cornell that they were able to track those posts or one of them in some emails that he sent which were similarly threatening to the jewish community to his ip address, which was registered with his internet service provider. so, basically just kind of a trail of bread crumbs directly

for the fbi to link to them. then, after he was given his miranda warning by federal agents he apparently admitted to making those posts. so, this seems to be a bit of an open and shut case at this point. he'll be in court in syracuse, later today. and we'll be following that and tracking that. it is interesting to me what they charged him with. you've talked about it, and a number of our analysts have talked about a need for a domestic terrorism statute. this is pretty straightforward. and so instead of perhaps having a domestic terrorism statute, just when people go from espousing views, whether we agree with them or not, to actually making threats of violence to kill somebody, to injure somebody, and you start using interstate communications which is, of course, the internet, pretty much everything we use these days, it appears to be probably a pretty good way of putting people on notice that it won't be tolerated.

>> and, tom, was he just a student at cornell? >> reporter: yeah, junior at cornell, his photo is up on the school website, we have a booking photo now from the sheriff's department, but, yeah, he's a student that attends there. don't know if he has any sort of other prior contacts with law enforcement, and they searched his house late yesterday afternoon, early today, so perhaps a detention memo or more details to see what he had in his apartment, see if he had any weapons that could have further affected his threats of violence, jose. >> tom winter, thank you very much. good seeing you. what we're watching for as the fed considers raising interest rates again today. you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. y you're watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc.

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probability of 98% that interest rates are not going to change at all this afternoon. that's not to say there won't be fireworks later on today. what could get things more volatile is the fed's press conference after that decision at 2:00 p.m. eastern time. that's when the chair will make a statement about rate policy and answer reporter questions about the state of the u.s. economy and beyond. traders and investors will do their best to find the signals, hints, tea leaves about what future rate policy holds. the fed has paused policy in two of the last three rate meetings by raising a quarter of a percentage point in one of those meetings during that july one. when it looked as though there was possibly a renewed threat of inflation rising again. what we have seen more recently is economic data suggesting that inflation is somewhat calming down, at least on a relative basis. again, it's a mixed picture. fuel prices, they are trending lower or appear to be that way. certain food items are still

elevated. we have seen, of course, signs of rising wage pressure, especially with new labor contracts in hollywood and detroit as well. the bottom line, with wage gains in play, relatively low unemployment, you have a lot of things going on for the fed. geopolitical risks remain. that's the reason why there's this cautious attitude about what to do with interest rates. >> turning to another story we are following today,closing arguments in the bankman-fried case. >> it's going to be about whether the 12 jurors who have been part of the trial for four weeks now will accept or reject the more overarching case made by bankman-fried about whether he actively defrauded customers and investors. he and his defense team's objective is to convince the jury he wasn't intentionally diverting funds from ftx, the crypto exchange, to use in masking investment losses or

paying for real estate in the bahamas or political donations. that's going to be a big decision for the jury to consider. >> we are talking about a lot of money, right? >> this is billions and billions of dollars right now. that's the reason why the sheer numbers are staggering enough where that jury will have to then really consider whether or not this will set in any way some kind of an issue with regard to how people in the future tackle these kinds of fraud cases. >> dominic chu, thank you very much. up next, immigration court for asylum seekers can be already very difficult for adults. imagine what it's like for children who have crossed the border alone. some are so young they can't even speak to plead their case. we will tell you about a new effort specifically to help them. you are watching "jose diaz-balart reports" on msnbc. -. a prime target for cyberattacks. but the same ai-powered security that protects all of google also defends these services

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new developments in the humanitarian crisisf migrants coming into the u.s. there's a new bipartisanill introduced in the senate that would make the immigration court system easier to navigate for unaccompanied migrant children. julia ainsley joins us this morning. what would this bill do? >> you and i both know how long it has been since there was anything bipartisan on immigration in congress. this bill does have some hope. it would include a children's only docket for unaccompanied children who came into the united states without their parents or guardian so that when they go to immigration court, they are put in a courtroom with other children in front of a judge that's been trained specifically for them and it would allow legal advocacy groups to know where to go on what days and what schedule if they're trying to find children who aren't represented. as you know, many, if not most of the children, go before judges without any legal representation. sometimes they can be as young as not even being verbal yet to

try to navigate the immigration system even for an adult can be complex. for the children, it can be nearly impossible. they found with legal representation, navigating that and winning their asylum cases can be much easier. they are trying to do that. i sat in on a courtroom that's been part of this pilot program where there were judges who knew to tell these children when they needed to appear, who they needed to go to, where they could reach out to for legal help. they are not guaranteed a lawyer. that's only guaranteed for u.s. citizens. it allowed them to at least have an easier system. for judges to be prepared on a day that they knew their docket would be children only. >> julia ainsley, thank you so very much. appreciate it. today marks the first day of the day of the dead, atradition from mexico to remember and celebration loved ones who have passed away. at nbc's new york headquarters, rockefeller center, look at these pictures. it partnered with the mexican

consulate to celebrate. if you are in the city, stop by 30 rock. it's a fantastic place to visit. this is particularly nice. that wraps up the hour for me. i'm jose diaz-balart. you can reach me on social media. thank you for the privilege of your time. andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. right now on "andrea mitchell reports," a small group of americans are among the first to finally escape gaza through the rafah crossing into egypt today after waiting in limbo for almost two weeks to have hamas finally agree to let them out. hundreds of others are still waiting. more americans and other people are trapped in the devastation of a second straight day of a major assault on a refugee camp in the north. the horrifying scenes are sparking outrage from